Management of keratoconus with Intacs

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 64-70

  Siganos, Charalambos S ^a   Kymionis, George D ^a   Kartakis, Nikos ^a   Theodorakis, Michalis A ^a   Astyrakakis, Nikos ^a   Pallikaris, Ioannis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CORNEA; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANTATION; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SAFETY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0037215341     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(02)01824-X     Document Type: Article

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